The old man closed his eyes, meditated for a while, and opened them again with a puzzled expression. He shook his head and said, "the person who makes you delay on the road may only be a tool to be used, not necessarily know more. Also, your father asked you to come here, but it wouldn''t be the first proposal. But he should know the danger of Bingfeng fortress, so it''s strange to agree with you to come here and let you stay for a long time."


    "What''s the danger of iceberg fortress?" Renault finally asked.


    "Didn''t they tell you? Oh, it''s probably because they''re afraid of distracting you from training. In fact, it''s kind. As soon as winter comes, Bingfeng fortress will be haunted, and the wandering souls in the sunset mountains will gather to disturb the mind and kill people. This phenomenon has lasted for more than 300 years and can''t be solved."


    Renault''s eyes widened: "haunted? If it''s dangerous, can''t you avoid it temporarily?"


    "Bingfeng fortress needs someone to be on duty. There can''t be nobody all winter. It always snows in winter, and the roads are closed and impassable. Therefore, someone must stay here, and stay all winter. However, although it will be haunted, as long as the body is strong enough, or has a firm soul, or has divine protection, those wandering souls are not necessarily It can be fatal. "


    The old man then explained that under normal circumstances, young apprentices would go down the mountain to Collinwood dozens of miles away before the snow began to gather. It''s in the hills at the foot of the mountain. The snow is much better. People can still come and go, and materials will not be cut off. There are warm fires and beds, and even soft bodies to relieve loneliness.


    Going to other fortresses is also an option for winter, but it is also not applicable to Renault. Because his "exile" is Bingfeng fortress, only this place. Not to mention other fortresses, even Collinwood can not be regarded as part of iceberg fortress, nor can it be regarded as Renault''s exile range.


    If Renault did not complete the training and ceremony, or did not get the atonement certificate, he could not be sheltered by the church anywhere except icepeak fortress. If it is especially strict, Renault can even be regarded as a "deserter" and there is a reward for killing him. Being executed as a deserter is not only a loss of life, but also the stigma can be traced back to the count family.


    "You are very close to death. If you can''t finish the training, you can either stay here and wait for the wandering soul to torture and die, or go down the mountain to bet on whether you can avoid the blade of assassination; even if you finish the training, the enhancement ceremony is not safe, and you may still be about 30% unable to survive. This has never been a good place, except for death."


    Renault rose abruptly and walked up and down the room. The blade of the assassination has been encountered by him, and he came back to life by the power of the devil - but that doesn''t mean there''s no next time. The threat of death is real, and the conspiracy is definitely not a conjecture drawn from a piece of paper. The big hand from the past formed by conspiracy and malice is still pinched around Renault''s neck today; The enemy hiding in the dark holds a deadly blade high, ready to poke his internal organs again.


    "I... if I had your wisdom, or if you could see my memory directly, maybe you could find out the truth directly." Renault sat down again, the clouds were still sad, but his perseverance could not be concealed: "No matter where the enemy is, he certainly doesn''t like to see me alive. Then I have to live! Not only survive, but also become stronger and smarter, surpass the enemy, and then continue to move forward."


    "My brilliance is the arrow that shoots at the enemy, and I can always follow the arrow and find it."


    "So please tell me what I should do to tide over the difficulties and survive."


    "First of all, you should fully understand one thing: you have no way back. Do you remember the three choices I gave you? Only the third one is to take life and death into your own hands. The first two are gambling. I''m glad you can choose the third one, and you made your own decision before this conversation. This shows that you are not decadent. You don''t lack self-improvement, but you may lack direction Law. "


    Gladwell stood up and let Renault follow. He walked slowly forward on his crutch without being supported. As for the letter from the count, it was on the table. Renault thought about it, picked it up, folded it and stuffed it into his pocket.


    "I... as for Hall''s last name... I''d better be Renault Bingfeng first. I''ll take this letter first."


    After that, Renault noticed that he was behind Gladwell, and his words could not be heard by the old man.


    "Every castle in the sunset mountains has carefully considered its use when choosing its location. Of course, the iceberg fortress is not built to see the snow. For most of the year, the fortress can be a wreckage composed of deserted courtyards and broken walls; however, during the three months when the mountain is closed by heavy snow, the iceberg fortress must play a role - to suppress the broken wandering souls."


    Lord dark shadow climbed up the steps slowly, panting. Seeing this, Renault hurried up and couldn''t help but help the old man and move forward together.


    After the fourth floor where the platform is located, the steps leading to the top of the tower are crooked and mottled, and the soles leave clear marks on the dust. Obviously, few people pass by here, let alone take care of it.


    Generally, the caster''s tower will set the top floor as a star viewing platform, equipped with instruments to record the changes of stars. Unlike Bingfeng fortress, the top is a magic ceremony room.


    In the center of the square room, a round magic array is drawn with sky blue lines. The double lightning cross of thunder goddess occupies the core position, surrounded by dense prayers and magic runes. Three smaller rhombic normal arrays are outside, occupying an angle respectively.


    Four large locked stone boxes were stacked in the corner, and three old futons were full of ash and stacked next to the boxes. Except for these things, the highest level is empty. There are no tables, chairs, cabinets, statues, paintings, books and magic tools, which should be available in general rituals.


    There are no windows on the top floor. The outside light doesn''t come in. Only the low light from the corridor below. But the old man seemed unaffected. He went straight to the stone box, found the right one from a large string of keys on his waist, inserted it into the lock hole once and opened the box.


    "Lantern... The lantern is here, so the alchemy match should be next to it. OK, it''s here..." the old man muttered and took out what he needed and handed it to Renault.


    It was a metal lantern. Except for the crystal transparent part in the middle, it was green up and down.